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THE MEMl'lllti Al'L'UALv SUNDAY, J U A IS 1(5,
THE WEATHER
v I I , l'iree1,
I I ' tVAMtisuTosj, June 1 IW
1 For Allsrrmanl Mississippi: Fslr. followed In
YV.wtemMissiivtppI y llulil ruins; sbui.mnry bun
pcmtureootheOnlf, slightly cooler In tho Into
ru r. southerly wlmK
For Arkansas: Light mhi; slightly tauter,
southwesterly winds.
I nr ivdih'w: Fair, cxivpt showers In eastern
portlnu: stationary temperature; southerly winds.
letcirlnlcil steporl.
Was DrrmTMT.NT, r. rni.Ai. Hermes,
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Maximum tn iiiTiiniri). )i ; mliilmuin tempera
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(, p.m. 'JH. Change In -1 hours. 0 rl.
follow Keglnn Hiillelln.
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TO ICiMKIUlTons AND CUIIKKSI'OSIiI'.ST,
W Killcll IrtH-n ilirt ninimiinlriilliinii tnnin nil-
Jil olgi nrnil lnlcn-t, bill mrli muni nlmyilw
mmiutiilril l.r ll.e nmiie ml iMn, ul he
tllM, iiimmlilrr "I lil il fallU "'I
null'IIII)r. No niitlc emu U lakviiol biiuii)'-
ll.Ulltriillllllllfl IfSrttlnll.
(oriiiiiiiiil. il"in fc' .iii'Ilinilin mint l wrillfln
i.n niir .U' ul tUc .ikc mil) , nn.l. with ill other
n dlrn iviiimMnl Willi llMT.IiturUI ili'inrtinrlit,
tln.iilil I .lilrr.-l iu (li lullliir ul lli A)
ml, Hrni.lili. Ti mi.
Vrml.uc, rule. llhil.TUike In pturn rllrli
.ul lomid tuiiil lur fiililiMllnn.
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l.iirm pmi if TDK AITKAU No. 11 Trltmno
liiillilliif. Niw Vuik. J. K. Yen Oup'O, Vnk'UI
Imuiu Airnt
"VOTTOX"
('uttiiii rr l'l ynliTilay mimliiTril lint
V mt. 111 limrM nv'itli of tiny luy of lli
M'ii-4111. Itiri'l'lii miiiio ilny Init ynr, 47
lmlr. Tim I. Kill inurkt't wa cjtilt nn l Nili'i
rro lutli-K, m'I to iiilirrn. The lir-l
cut Ion dliHiin i if tlir mm hi iu ni rivrl hiil
Wi ilni-il.iy, llit K'th Inil.. hy Mn'lury,
( run fi.nl A' Co., fnm I In' I 'iiiiiiiiln pliu v,
in lli Arkim,i IJiviT. IIiii'ljiln linhili' ri'
"id. H! l'lr, Kinl i-hlpnirlit "n.47 lmlr.
hi( ri.ltoii Hi Now Orlraim rlml xlniil.v, lit
Ni w Yutk iiil J.lvrrjKml iiiifl. Kuliin-i
n ninimil iiiirhniil al New York ami l.lv
riwl, ami al Ni w Orlrana Iho ilivliur wih
t In 3 iilnia. At Ni-w York tlic wenkrr
'h wl.itivv inli ri'it In Dip limrkct now
in irt'iiy rll liiiuliluliil, inula rniiKiil-
-r-. -irj mi- dull MP will I im-c.iiii iu rrai'ii any
(rrh ratlin) o( atoii onlrm, wliili' tlm tflj.-
lixilvlow price of conlr l, ai roi,iar-d I
With ot, la aisalii In (;iiiiitiiR to alt met the I
amotion i 1 1 ii vert. Unii biiouiiIb aro
(uxiriible, rtn pl (rum Teian, win-re heavy
rains prcie I.
TllEM'EM'HiSAlTEAL1
BCNDAT, t t I I I I JUNBIO.lOUfl
A SOME AtYI.VU.
Dn a commanding Kwition, back from
the Poplar street turnpike, there stands a
l....!.li.,r,f nnl.l., nrooorlions which .,.
i- i I
rests the attention of travelers) on any of
the I leasanl drives that ran from the city
to its eastern suburbs, It is a beautiful
pile and dedicated as it is to a noblu char
ity ilia's honor and credit to Memphis. It
Is the Homo of tlie Sisters o( the tJood
Hoj.bcrJ, one of several or Jets set
part by the Catholic Church for
Work such as women only can do,
ml it lYprewnl the devotion, earnest-
fleas and oneneas of purptaw that signal'
Csi-s those orders as among the must bene-
tceut and UM'ful that the Christian Church
lissknoan. IVgininng only a few years
.
'i under circumatances of deprea:n
noverty the Sisters, relying npon tho Prov
I'lcnce to w imtn iiicy look tor gutiiance,
..... ..
liave gouo iorwsrd gaining every day as
their rmKnsilillitio increased until uow
aliey ow n a great stretch of must eligibly sit-
Hated and U-sullfullv adorned grounds and
btiilibivs and outhouses which iniiko an
tv.iilo one ol the Uioat enviable in this vi
cinity. Good anj kiudly dianed p.n lc
)iavr-k-ine to their aid, and help ha increns-
rd with their demands for It, so that they
loei encoursg. ,1 to oeheve that in tuo In-
a.... ...... .1
turoiucy are to nave nu irouiuein . arrying
oui an uieir plans or ol accomplishing as
niuch of good woik as they Lave in tho
)ast aud in proportion as tho city grows.
No tbatlty appeuls as this does to the
conscience of the clmriUhln. It lis
proven that there is a tn-ccwiily (or it, aud
also furnished rouviucing ptoof that the
unfortunate tor whose special beneflu It
was originated can v n-ncbed by kind
nine and turned by nrualon from the
f Alb into which they hive Urn seduced.
Tlit first community of this order, known
to thechurch as the "Congrog itlou of Our
Iidy of Charity," estaUinbed In this
country owed IU existence to Hiabop
I'l-'gi t, who invited a numWr ol Sister
from Franco and bolped them to open a
Louse in Lonlsvillo, wLere, for the first
time in the history of tho United State,
there was opened to unfoHuate fallen
women an asylum whore they might llud
not only a Lome, but a refuge with
kind and devoted women, wLo Lad ded
icator! tlclr Uvea to tholr reclamation.
This Loose, thoroughly tuoceenful, became
tb mother .boose and from It sprang tht
bouse la rUlatl!pLla, which In Ita turn
liim oriinatoj othor bouui, nil of t!u:u
uiri-'KHfiil ami nil wvtl nti.Hinincil by appro
ciativo jn'oplo, ooiivertit.l to ft b.-Uct that
cvL'ti fiillou women may bj convcrtciil to n
liotlor lifi, mny lo rerlaimcd from tlm ex
tremo of degradation, iiiiuiy of tlicm to bo
con io Mailiik'iioA, uiombiTi of a ub-ordor
of that of tho Good Shepherd, who nru
turned to arcoiint iu tho homos and nay
liiini and liHvojiroven their title aoaaored
a trutit by devotion to tho work intrusted
to them. Tho "Ciinifrcgatlon of Our
Lidy of Charily," was founded at Caen,
in Normandy, iu tho year Hill, by tho
venerable. John Kndttt, a nueular prio.it of
that provini.o of Franco devoted to mis
sionary labor, und w ho had often converted
woiimri wild to tho bondage of wantoncwi,
und knew by that that thero wua work for
mu ll an order, work that it could do ollVet-
ively, if only proper mean was providnd
for i-ii.ibliHliina the convert in abutters
where 1 1 icy could not be reached or us
ual lod by any of tho temiilatioiis that bosut
them and by which they had been envi
roned by tho vory extreme of wickoduoss.
Father Elides named the order, which mot
the approval of I'ope Alexander VII. iu
li'iti, und which Wits attain Approved and
coiiliriuoil by Pope Benedict XIV. in
brief datod at Homo in September, 1711.
The Sisters, who take tho usual vows, are
devoted to tho reclamation of abandoned
women, to whom the doors of their asy
lums are always open, the only condition
beinif that their entrance, limit be volun
tary, except in the caso of minors, who
may bo placed under restraint for a time
by the authority of their parents or guar
dians. Treated as children, they are
usefully employed, thoso of them
who have no avocation being care
fully taught ono and (rained in
habits of industry. No alliulon
is ever made to their pant lives; on the
contrary, everything powiiblo is dono to
make them foigut it They nro kindly
mid gently treated, and are brought under
the most wholesome and healthy moral
Influences and tho restraints of religion.
All comers are greeted alike, no matter
what their religious belief, nu I thero is no
compulsion to embrace the Catholic faith,
the only rule that in this respect is en
forced leing conformity to worship at the
hours, timesand seasous prescribed by tho
order and by the Church. These rules
bear lightly and are generally cheerfully
rouforuiuJ to by tho women, who soon
full into a routine that is simple, and boar
willingly and uncomplainingly a yoke that
is vory light. A charity so bonoflcout
is in an especial sense worthy the support
and help of tho pcoplo of Memphis, and
TiiaArrKAL takes pleasure in recalling
public atteutlon to it, and tiioroby re-
awakening a lively public interest In its
behalf. It needs help now more than
ever, because its responsibilities have been
greatly Increased by an increase of it In
mates au 1 the ooligitlons for land ami
buildings ociitiul to the safe and eco
nomic management of the work, and wo 1
ask that help for thout and from willing
lgI1J.
THE "SLY REMEDY.
The attention of lb atMiat Mr.Mriita Arrctb
In ixrtu ular and all pal" Iu general thai t Ultn
tlieir la no race problem In lb Koiita Is railed lo
them-iro inoi'lliia Iu Jvknu, Miaa .on the llth
llllt.
TbM iiegmpa rotitlder the separate ear ppn Islon
tua'U by Sfintln'm rollpiU a dlM-rlniluatlun
ataiusl thrin, an t demand lla abrogation. They
liettliin Iba alaittllon ul all reularllliai tnti n.M
to make dlailurtlnus utwern them and Ibe whiles,
The n-TcriM ha tho ma)otlty In .IiipiiI.
au I II they should obtain political
nulml ol that
Male tnrramn ua nine uoiiin tnai liH-y wouia at
ntu. al-ftliah aenarale ft h.Ma anil letftalale llieiB'
riva into ail time priHktas ol umng oo as
r-iiallty Willi in wuiios uauany ucnoiaiuaieu
Tlvil rlshta.
The whiles nl MlasUlppI sr flghllng with every
means al llH'lr rouiinand la pmwiil such a ilirrlul
ronauiamatiou. Yet Iks Arrsai and sum oilier
Mpsrssay Ibal Ibert I uo rae rnurllel In tb
n.uih. au J thai tb emlrtloa ol tb negro la nut
dcaira'il.
It k uH thadealre ol T' A I W f to Biagnlly
Blatter, nor in stake Ilia aliiiallnu appear ane
thin It la, but lo all who are not so blind thai Ihry
I I ii. it an It niwl t aptMn al that In Ibiia
oiiiberu Htab'a where tb nepa-a ar Iu the ni
)orliy, auJ wber Ui-ir pouoe prerlinle white
licuii.rall in. tlie eoadllloa la llip alruliii and any
thing but ilrairalile.
And the rmsre ltaneNl Hie nntri beeom In
el'H-i'nibi..r.i...i.iei.itiiey ... on..iui.,i
eoiitPil and tlialriiallty whu b Is so nbmitliMia In
unwhu., r' A Um i bst (miwuiiy ..iund
o"11 un n " teaKn-trai.il in the
I r"i" ,.,. a. 0w 'i.
eon. .-mi
ItnTO la but one aiilutlnn t'l Ibe ppd.tein lavni
able In the whlliai-bul on p-iueilr lor lb dlaeaaa.
II lb While ueopl with lo preaerr Ihca aei llooa
ol the 4uiith fur Ibalr owa n. iiiwney and e milol
Ibeymuat it-n l naaua lor Iniliicing Ibe negtoea
Iu mine away and bringing whit Peupl In. dr
soansa A&- lfiif.t
Tn a AiTKAL does not and cannot share
the feats ol its catiTincd contemporary,
Tht Ar-lfrail, nor does it realUo any
race cmillict but that whlt h ha It oriiiin
,. ,ie.,Cl, imgoimtti,,,,. The white neonle
ol M ,,;.,! ppl aro quite equal to the pro-
M o ,llt,ir K)lili(.a, in,,.rOTt. wilhollt
ruining tbolr prlrnto lnterenla,a theyoer-
tniuly would by any concerted clbirt to
deport the negroes willingly or unwill
lniy. yy iiiat Is neiMeil la what we
Mipwlfully submit to T'i AjfllrrntJ
the voice of patriotism suggests, is ftoe-
J.uu from tho agitation ol a race question
snd the employment of the beat energies
of both black aud whites In Improving
an t Increasing the indtistilul resources of
the South. l. luctlou sod tlmo aro the
only rcliaulo factor n the cae of the
negroes, whom ills our duty as the u
petfcr raco to help Christianize and make
bolter, both morally and physically.
SfcHKTARY lUsmc carrylug out tho
I plans laid down as to Samoa and Samoan
afbiir by cx Secretary HayarJ, La scored
t snocoaa, Germany bu come down from
hor high Lorse, aud llismarck Lai ylsldod
to the spirit of Justice aud truth that Las
Infused tvory step taken by the United
Slutr in bchalt.of the people of the Fa-
moso Islands. Our country Lss never
appeared to U tter advantage than during
the arssious of the Urlia Commission In
which its roprrsAnUtive fotizbt for the
risrhts and independence of theso almost
savngeft, and without any desire for ad
vantage or for pay.
VITAL filAlKTirs.
Okparthkxt or
Of TIIK iNTKRIon,)
KxiHhOkkiis, V
C, Mny I, lsl J
is
AHOHilTIIM. U.
To the Mmllrnl I'pidwlou;
The vnrioiu iiii'tliul aunclntliiiMimil I lie medical
pmfeMlon will tie ft si to liurn that rr. Johns.
Ill lliifpi, Surgeon I'. A. Ann?, Iim oomaenu-d totuks
elinrxenl the lteiort on tlie Mortnllty and V til
Miiilnilin nt thet'ultvd Hutu a ruturncd by the
Ml'VI'lllll Coihiik.
A Iho I nlinl Htxipt iiai nn nvitem o( pulrtra
tlon of vlul tml ties, aiic-h a U n-lleil upon bjr
oilier i IvIIIkhI nnloiiH (or thu purpoej ol a-ertiiln-ItiK
the ai liiitl movement u( popiilatlini, our canon
arTipin the only opportunity of obtaining near an
ptTintiiiaU) iratiinale of tlm birth and doth ritua
ol um.:h the lamer lirt ol tho country, which It
cnilrety uiippivliled wllh any satUfactiir' eyntoni
of state and luiinh'lpitl rKlnlr.illiin.
Ill view of thlt, tlie IVimn Oiltw, during tho
month ( Mty thin year, will luo to thu nieillcal
ppifixilon llipiiiithout the country "l'liylclnn'
Ki'Kl'lon," fur the purpo of obtaining mora
aivunito returiK uf demli ttmn It la povuble for the
pnumeratora In mHke, It It Mrnmtly bniwd that
pliyalclana in utrery pari of the country will roop
rralo wlib (he Oium (illUw In llila iuiHrtaut
work. The Mconl kliouhl be kept from June 1,
lttMi. to May SI, IMW. Nearly X.QiH of thew p-kIk-trailon
bonk wars flllod up ami returned to the
ofliee In Isha, anil B -arty all ol thetn ued for its
tlnlloitl purpinua. It Is hoped (bat double this
lumber 111 be obtained for Iho vlarcutb omnia.
l'h)irtaii not rei'elvliig P'glnti'n can obtain
litem hy aen'lliia their names and aililrcann o the
CeiiKiia Olll d, and, with the p'tiUier, an offli'lal
envelorw wlileh reiUlro no lump will bo pro
vided (or thotr nilurn to vVuhlngtnn.
If all miHllral and 1110(1081 iractltlonor Itimugh
mil Iho Miuniry will lend their aid the mortality
ami vital iallillin of the elorenth eenu will he
mum nomprehenilva and enmplele that they havo
tvrr Iwn. Kvery ph)nlrlau ahouhl take a r
annal prhle In having till report a full and accu
rate a II la poiOlilo to make It.
It la hereby promlieU Dial all Inlormatlou ob
Ulnnl (hp)iigh Uils aourco ahall be held strictly
rouHilrtillal. KonaNT O. I'oktkh,
Pueriiileudent of (.'cuius.
We make place for this circular thus
conspicuously in order to secure tho atten
tion to it of the physicians of this and the
surrounding Slates. There is nothing
inoro valusblo In a census report, nothing
more) necessary to a comprehonsion of tho
reul sanitary condition of the poople than
carefully ascerhiinod mortality and vital
statistics. No accurate or reliable ostl
mato of tho death rate of tho coun
try can bo made without them, Itirths,
deuilia 'and marriages aro carefully
preserved by specially appolntod of
llcials in other nations, and they
are thus enabled to rcaliio what is
easontial and nocessury to curb and re
strain disoaso and prevont aggreaaion by
those that aro pro von table. Every Intelli
gent and well educated physician under
stands this, and many medical societies,
our ow n, of Tennessee, among the number,
havo urged and procured legislature to
tnuko laws that would compel tho report
of every marriage and every birth and
death. There is reason to believe that a
uniform law will eventually prevail
throughout tho Union by which this
make-shift of the Consus Bureau may bo
obviated boforo the year l'.HKX Hut
this uinko-sbift ia the best that
can can bo dono undor existing circum-
". therefore we urgb iiwn the phy
ricians to rvsKind with care, and partic
ularity to tho requests of (superintendent
Porfor contained In tho above. Kvery
cltixun should stand ready to help that
officer In his work, and mako It a point
in whatever they do to be accurate and
give only reliable and carefully ascertained
data. Ia us add that the selection ol lr.
John K. Hillings, United States Army, to
take charge of the report on mortality and
vital statistics of tho census of 1 ''), is a
guarantee that whatever tho utmost caro
and honest oversight and work can do
with tho material thus to lie gathorod to
pnacut iruaiwunuy aim re.i-oio rejnirt
will bn forthcoming, and in a way credit-
ablo to tho profession and the country.
Wg print this morning the complete roc
ord of tho proceeding whereby Mr. D.
A. Scott, of Friars Point, Miss., Las bo-
come a IVmocratlc cao'lumlo lor itopro-
senlativo in Coahoma County, Miss.
His candidature Is due to the county sito
removal iaatio, which has been mado a
feat u ro of ll.e canvass In thut county by
reason of tho action of tho lcrnocratlc
Convention nnently hold at Cturkmlale
Mr. Scott ri'prvaents those who aro not la
favor of the removal of tho county site from
Friars Point. Mr. Sam C. Cook, the
IVmocralie nominee of the Clurksdsle
Convention, Is Instructed by the vote of
that convention to secttro tho paaaago o
a removal bill, the place of removal to be
determined by Vote of tho iieople, I'uder
exulting arrangements with the Ilepub
beans the lemocratic Interests will not
suflor by Mr. Scott's candidature, as either
Mr. Cook or Mr. (Volt wilt lie elected
and both are gixnl iHiiuocrats. Mr. Scott's
iH'tnocracy cannot lie questioned, and
the reconl printed elsewhere is given In
order that tho Iemocnits ol tho State may
not mistake tho purpono of Mr. Scott In
making the race, Il must be distinctly
understood that Til at Aitial has no in
tent ion of taking any part in tho coiiton
lion, but only givi-s space to Mr. Scott
that bo may definitely present Lis attitude
to the people.
lUct old John Gilbert, the comedian
who ha often Mt "Iho bouse" in a roar,
" Lcing tho final tragedy of lifo with the
pstien.-o and lortitudo of ono who La
- 1 fought a good tight lVath is getting clie
"im every hour, and bis demise may lie
looked for at any moment Ills going lain
the nstural course of events, yet It wilt bo
ni.no the leas docol reu-relted b the
thousands In whose memory he ha mado
a lodgment a ono of tho verv first sctors
0f Lis day sud generation.
I r : - -
I Pi rxRimsngkr Poursa, of the Census
Bureau, In a second circular, suggests that.
bs-ildce tlio notice of physiciaus touching
mortality and vital statistics, It Is equally
I "luiportaut to the country that the returns
I la rvlatiou to farm products and live stock
hliould be full and correct. The enumer
ator, in tho house to bouse visit he will
make during tho month of Juno, 1800, is
constantly mot with the fact that farmers
keep no books, and henro returns aro not
infrequently guess work. Thu census year
begins June 1 next and end May SI, lH'JO.
If farmers throughout tho country would
uoto this fact, and keep account of the
products of their farms during the census
year, it would bo of material aid in secur
ing reliable returns for the eleventh cen
sus."
4U
HOME IXTkniiHTlMI FACT
Our readcri, with few ezi atill'ina, will I aiton-
lalied to learn that during tlie a liolmtlu year Juat
cloning there went tw.mly-uiio colored schools
tanuhl In thin elty, at which thero wa a total attend
ance of 476 pupila. It will bo borne Iu niliiil Unit
these were all private school", the public schools
not being ini'linlad In tho number.
Toutntauilate this statement wo give the fol
lowing Urn of the school with their rexpecilva
attcu'liinre. kindly prepared ami fiirnlihed lit by
inlgou. w. Huekner, whocihlhlUaoouiincDilablc
Intercut In educational mailer
Scholar.
10
...... 15
S
100
M
10
.. 80
00
- US
10
23
...... 10
10
........ 1 1
....... 'JO
IS
10
. to
... . so
20
Miaa bumoU .
Mrs. Konuedy....,
Mis Collins
Miss Chambers......
Mine Murray ,
Mrs, Hmller ..... ,
Mias UllUnc .
Mr. and Mrs. Ulundou
Mine Moore
Mr. Wlufleld..., M .,
Miss lllrd .. ..
Mr. Klmms ..
Miss Olover...
Mr. Walker
Mr, bono
Mrs. llra.lly
Mr. Morgau
Mr. Hall
Mla Cook
Mr. Blmnn
Mlas Joh nou...
Total ...
Total number of schools, l.
Tlie largest of these schools, that taught by Mlsa
Murray, has a roll of IMI scholar. As sb charvwl
11 tuition per month. Ibis bwchor la-t session
earned the haudanmo aalsry of lino per mouth, or
l,'3s) pur year. Among the oihcr si hools various
hargea lor tuition were uiade, several ranglug aa
low aa lOeenu per mouth. Thorn who hav vlalio 1
a uuinbor of those schoola state that the pupila lako
an Interest lo their stuilh and ara making satis
factory pnixn1- Their examinations and eshlbl
llorii were very cnnlltible. The ebalrig exhibition
of Miss Murray's school al I'lko's Hall was lucb aa
to reflect great rail It uku the school snd our col
ore! population.
These ar Interesting fact, all the mors gratify
ing aa they show in a eoiicluslvo manner Uial our
colored eltlaen, though the vast aiajorlty of them
are Illiterate tbemsulve. aro fully awake to the
tmmcnet Importance ol eiluesllon. II s liberal
ediicalion Is beyond lb pan h of moat ol tbem.
tliey are still am loin to have their chllilren taught
to road and writs, and Instructed la tlie el
ementary branchial ol loarulng. To accom
plish Uilt they are making aatoiilahlng aaeriucp.
Many s colored man whose monthly earning do
not exceed 111 or ll-'i give one ol theae dollar lo
thu school teacher tor tuition. How insuy white
lathers do as muchf
When the children who attend Ibe colored pub
lic school are taken Into consideration the number
ol colored youth initructed In the schools nt tlila
city last seasloa amounted In considerably over
Ave hundred. This la a splendid showing, ou
which our colored population dcaervs to be com
pllmcnlcd. Ha'ew Mumt Truth.
These aro interesting facts and go to
show that tho negroes of Baton Ilouge aro
live to the valuo of education. But tho
same Is to bo said of othor parts and
places in Ixmisikna, aod in others of the
Southern Stales. It is especially to of tho
great and progressive Hato of Georgia, a
tour of w hich was reccutly mado by the
Rev. Dr. Bogga, lato of this city, but at
present chancellor of the univer
sity of that Plate. Conscientious
in tho discharge of Lis duties so soon as Lo
entered unou the office of chancellor that
gentleman made a personal examination
tf the private aud public educational es
tablishments of the State, aud found tho
negroes so earnest and scalous In the mat
ter of education that they were In some
places) outstripping tho whites, who
seemed to be lax and Indifferent in tho
matter of tho education of their children
lr. Hogg realised from this that bis first
work and tho roost Important should bo
tlie resrousing of the public to a eenso of
the noceasiiy of reinvlgoraling tho sys
tem so thoughtfully provided by tho
laws of Georgia, which, thoroughly
JcflVrsonian, make every grado from tho
kindergarten to the university avaitahlo to
tho youth of the State. Fai ls are stub-
liorn things. Ir. Bog found them such
in this case, and is availing himself of
them for the purposo of advancing the
educational interests of Georgia. The
negro is evidently alive to tho value of the
three It's, and will in lime be none the
less valuable a a laborer liccaus Lo can
read, w rito and cipher.
I
SOME SEW ImoKA
The Jew In Mellon" is the title of a book
published by Hubert I'larko A Co., of ('in
clnnatl, that ought to be read by every on
who drairra to he Intelligent as to the real
facts of the life, views nod opinions of (lie
Jews snd of His Infamies sud Injustice with
which they tiavs been treated by onie
K iaiih dramatists and novelist, This
iHMik comprise a aerie of lecture de
llv.-rej during the winter season of
1 8 by lUbl'l I'avlil rhilllion, In the
liar Sinai Temple at Ibiltlmor1 an
havo bun published al the request o
many of lhoa who heard them and who
were charmed by tbe style snd the tnrtho.
of treating th auhjirl w hit h iharacterian!
lr. I'liillipson IhMUfc'lioiit, lleginning with
Marlowe's "Jew of Unlta," In which we
have the Jew aa the fanatical Hiu-laa of to
day paint him; we then have Sliakesnar''s
Shylia k In the "Men liant of Venice." of
which creation our author aays: "In the
ardor of hi rcllalon which phyliK k iliajilavs
In the earlier Krlloas ..( thtplay.in his st rung
stntrmciils ol lb wrung done Ills ieo..
In his close InlliiHWy altli his Jewish friends,
as augK'psled by lit dialogue with Tubal, In
Ins intense love (or hi daughter, In bis die
sppoliitineiit, rage snd linger at Iter having
married one of Hit oppica-lng class, Miylock
Is Jewish. Thero ar natures, loo,
as among the Jews as sniotig
all oilier da.-, with that intense hatred
and desire for veiii-aucs which stop at
naiiKht, not even blood, but as out uf such,
he Is not representatively Jewish, fhyl.wk
stand a a grand rrealinu of a lnati r mind,
essentially traglo, lin. uaitr in every word
and action, a pleturr ol what the beat In
teiitloned and hlghcl mind, wishing to do
some justice to lh Jews and to relieve th
black ami terrible plelui presented hy an ear
lier plsy,4?oiolvl lo be into. In Iu subtler
snd rluer portion. Il .is not coinrehcniled
by the n.any, end by iu denouement,
aronscd all the p"loi.i which II wished to
ulluy." This, ever, on who knows of Iho
Jewsfruthrulty, will say U true and fairly
sluU-d, and we make no doubt It would be
the jiulgment of etliakepearo himself if he
could a e with tlie ni.l nt all the HghU of
our day. From Hiiyloek Dr. I'liillipson
lakes us to Shovu. In Cumberland' play
'The J w," pnirlnced in London in 17UI. of
whom ho says: "Ho is a Jew at heart; lias
learned well tho leseoni of his religion, lie
forgets no deed of kimlunxg, but the feeling
of itrutltmle. (leen-sented in his breiutt.
makes him h ippy w hen ho can aid the fam
ily of his benefactor. He is maligned by
tho proud aud hard merchant, but yet he
aids tho same when in need. Ho re
venue himself for tho-harsh bmjungc
used and the cruel treatment to
which ha Is Nuhlccted bv dolmr irowl.
pun-, unsellUh spirit creiil, truly
great, but yet content to bs so humble."
'That such characters ure rare, exceedingly
rare, wo must mlniit; but they aro not im
polhilltica." "WUU a little pruning down
tho clmraetcr can statiil ss the portrayul of a
noble, luryc-Hoiiled man, which tlie Jow
Sh6va alms to be. Narrow tho Jew is not
any longer. Ho Is eosnioKilitnn, tho uni
versal citizen. His religion is brond, one
Ood and one humanity. HU sympathies aro
as broad as his religion. He is, to rejicat the
word of Hhcva, 'a man, call him how you
will.' " From Hhcva we aro tiikcnlo Hcott'i
"Ivunhoc," JJiekens "Oliver Twist" and
Our Mutuul Friend," Disraeli's "Con-
Ing-iby" and "Tancred." and flimlly (liHirire
Kliot's "Daniel Deronda." of whkli Dr. I'liil
lipson say: "It is her Illicit pieco of work,"
and "this Is the only Knglish novel wherein
tho Jew is trcntcd as he should be." Hut all
this burcly affords a glimpse of the value of
a work than which it would be almost ira-
iiosaible for tho novel reader to find a safer
guide to tho Jewish character.
The Ofxn Court is doing good work In
the Interest of philosophy. It is ono of the
ublest journals of Its character published In
the Knglish language, aud numbers many of
tho best of the liberal thinkers of the ago
among IU contributor. Its editor, Dr. Taut
Curtis, a (ierma.i philosopher of iindoubtod
learning and ability and who has ho en con
nected with it from the first of its public,
lion, has gathered in a handsomely priutcd
volume a series of philosophic essays, which
first appeared in its columns, with tho com
prehensive title, "Fundamental Problems
Tho Method of Philosophy ss a Systematic
Arrangement of Ktiowleilge." And tho doc
tor, in his preface, explains the views thus
presented to be the natural outcome of
hunt s Philosophy, "the historical develop
ment of Kantiunliu broadened by
later inquiries, matured by criticisms
sud adapted to thu needs of our time. It is
a protest aenlnst the halfnrm of agnosticism
and a rejection of the perverted ethics of
shallow hedonism of that view so popular
now; w hich bases the rules of conduct upon
mans uestre lor Happiness.' witn ints
understanding of his purpose the reader of
this noble contribution to philosophy will
have no occasion lo full out snd he w ill find
himwilf as he proceed from chapter to chap
ter, imbued with the spirit of tho author
who believes and teaches that "on the phi
losophy of our time diqienils the health of
our religious, our acientiilc, our Industrial,
our mercantile, our political and our noelnl
development." The book, beautifully
printed, is admirably arranged, liaving a
table of content thut Is a fair guldo lo its
iage ami at the end live pnif of Definitions
and Problems, and an index that leaves
nothing to be desired. As a Contribution lo
philosophy baaed on common seinse and
common discernment 'Kuinhuiicntal Prob
lems" will be welcomed by every competent
snd thoughtful student Price one dollar.
Order through Mansfur J.
"Trean. or tbe Mormon's Dsughter," by
Alva Milton Kerr, Is the nams of "a ro
mntitle story of life among the letter Iay
Sulnta," and whiil will, perhaps, insure the
value of the book, was "written,' the title Hifrn
announces, "while thn author was living in
I' till." Drought thus face to (ace with Mor
moiiism, be was enabled lo study pervmally
the moat hideous features of a brutiflng
system. Slid out of the knowleilgn galn.il lo
produce, in many re-pecla, Incomparnbly
the strongest work of II. lion on Ibis subject
that has ever been written. The author was
well equlpiaad, and has produced a strikingly
Vivid picture of the moat revolting type of
religious fanaticism in any civllise.1 land.
Ho i In earnest, and not only Introduces
and trvaU with marked skill the salient
points touched upon by other writers here
tofore. In (renter or lesser degree, but he
goes lo the very heart of tlie evil with a
bloodhound's keen ilea of scent snd a cour
ageous determination to track down, which
give to bis paif-a their powrrful Interest.
Hi portrait of the lecherous, fat-handed,
murderous beast Hrlghain Young is drawn
with marvelous fidelity. Ho are those ol
l,ec, Araen, Parley and others, whose real
names are alio given. His gifl of cip-eaalun
ia cbaraeU'rifil by great proclaim! and accu
racy. Nothing could exceed the plaintive-
neasand thaof Mior old Hurl Hart man's
sickening recital, d.wrlpt.ve of the long and
rruel Junrney that be and bis wife Catherine
in the spirit uf religious martyrdom
traveled with the Mormon brethren from
lenueaaee to Salt l ake oil foot, and a be so
often during tbe story pitifully says, "a
draggiu' hand-tart after us," all for the
sake of a sacrilegious mockery of religion, a
nnmo that evvcr "knavery, tbefta, murder,
lechery and shame practiced by and
upon Ita Ignorant follower." The chap
l.r in which Psul F.lchar.1, the hero
of tho romance, rises from bis test In the
meeting house snd boldly denounce the
blasphemer snd Brchhyiiocrllfl Prophet
Young, la one of tho strongest scenes In the
btiuk. 1 1 abounds In paaangrs ol just audi
intensity, Biid nothing could better depict
Hit unutterable hopelessness of life than tho
scene at night in the orchard whon I rean.
old Hartman's daughter, in Hit bitterness ol
revolt at the degrading fate awaiting her a
lllshop Parley's seventh wlfecrles out in her
misery: "Father, O rallirr: nave we wo
nun on Mill ta? Hate we not heart? Are we
but beaats of burden, Father, that Thou bast
thut loaded us with shame? Why dldsi
I hoii nut love within ns If Iu voice must tx
disobeyed? Is not love Thy Voice. Father?
Ml.. I .hull wa follow, then? Cloud of
misery? Man mean wi.hcsr lain ami
iiiorker mi to thV limine?" H I not ill tbe
Iheme llsrlf. but in Ilia way Ihlasnlbor deals
with It. wherein th merit of Hit novel lie.
II style 1 flexible and brilliant, revealing
a warm, poetic Imagination in th descriptive
......... sL.n of Ibe hie eliu art iiinuiii
pa.ll.ile. ahowlna- Hit writer skill In treat
ing Hit roinnioiiplace and nnlo. Hut he is
never prosy. The book cannot Ml lo Bl
..... .ii... ..i..., .,,.1 sella comment The
writer baa handled these repugnant mate
rials with consummate art, weaving them
. romance of XCPCI hg ISH.IIIBIIOU Bill
i... ii. .I...:, i. iba wrclcbedutaa of
lllli'l.aa saw I - -
Mormon woinen't lives, and how Hl th
1....1. ..rii ! tboir nature rises up In i
bluer protest and rabtlllon against lb
debasing Influtnees . of a system which
tbsin down lo a servi
mam. Il,.n ileath. that which force
them to pander to Ibt baallallty ol
their Ivraut master. Tbtre Is no doubt
that many another Mormon woman like
"Trean Hiirtmati" ha had her thirk hour,
but without the refuge of a "Ponl Klcliard"
lo turn to for aafity aud deliverance. Pub
lished by Itel.onl Clarke" A Co., New York
ami Chicago. Prino .W cents. For sale at
Mati'lord's.
A number of stories pud novels turning
ii hiii Nihilism und Itussiatt serfdom, tyranny
and cllleialism havo been written from time I
to time producing more or less of u ripple
In the literary world, but savo those by tho
famous Hiisslliu novelist lolslol, we quos
lion if "The Prophet's Mantle," by Fabian
lllnnil, (llelford, Clarke A Co.,) has been
equaled, It has certainly not been surpassed
In sonio respects by any ono of them. Fur
originality und Ingenuity of plot it Is unique.
The action is spirited aud takes place at tirst
iu Itussia, but most of tho timo in Kuglund.
The prologue Inttoiluees us to tho "Count
Michael Litvinofr" and "Arinaiul rercival,'
young. F.nglishipun who-e lite he saves
st Monte Carlo, anil continues ins
protection by making the would-be
suicide his nocretary. I.ltvinoff is a Kissible,
though a high typo of un Ideal character.
He is a Nihilist und bus written several rev
olutionary works, one among thoni, "A
Prophetic Vision," the secret jxiliif ol Itus-
ia obtains a copy of twenty-four hours
after It is printed, resulting in an order for
his arrest, Might from Hussla una subse
quent oxilu. 11 is secretary cscacs with him,
snd what take place after nnl In the lives of
these two men go to show the metal ol their
make-up and constitute tho strength and
merit of an uncommonly clever novel. Tho
ncidents are many of thrm strikingly dra
matic, some tragic. The threads of romnnco
mingled aro well woven, while the socialis
tic foul urea are pi esenled with fairness and
justire, and intelligently treated. The con
versations on tills hitter subject between
hilvinoff" snd "Claro (Stanley, tbe hero
ine of the story, show the unanswerubleuewi
of tho argument put by the former. Ho
savs: "Wo know that all this misery, all
this sin, all this selfishness, all this stupid
ity evon, sre the direct result of Iho social
milieu. It la Ibis knowledge that makes us the
deadly enemies of the capitalist system and
that ia why we arc hated by those who profit
by il." He furring to tho "soeiul ostracism"
which is tbe Inevitable falo in some circles
of those who think for themselves, I.itviuoff
remarks lo Clare: "Social ostracism, und by
whom iuiosed? I,ouk al the eoplo around
you. See how small are theiriilms, how trivial
their Interests, how great their love of ease,
how mull their love of truth; si-e what nar
row minds they have, what blinded eyes;
see all the good thut would bo in tbem
crushed out by the very conventionalities
which they uphold. How ran we think itof
any value, tho opinion of such aa these? Or
it their condemnation should pain us w hat a
litllt thing It such a pain compared with the
life long consciousness of having, from tho
fear of it, crushed out the sjuirk of truth In
our own souls? What a littlo thing com
pared with eternal truth Is even life
itself 1 We come out uf tho dark
ncs and into thut darkness must
returu. I It not better, seeing the little
time that 1 ours to know Hint we at lcal
have listened to tbewuil of agony thut ever
goes up to the deaf heavens? that we hiivo
done what we could In our little day to help
forward a better time for those w ho shall
rotiio after us, than to know Hint wo bsve
had the good opinion of 'rcsixctablo ieo-
lef Kvcryliody should read '"The Propb
ett Mantle." Go lo Mansford'i for it Price,
.V) cents.
Tho S'uIct'kiI MruntQtr, for June, ojven wlih
a paper on "The Wave Length aa a Prnctica
blc and a Feasible Htandurd of Length" that
will doubtless attract the attontion of
sclontl.t. This ia followed by "A Note on
Double Star." by Prof. Munch, of Dublin,
and this by the observations uf many astruu
omen on ''Variable Stars." fwU Swift bus
every valuable paper on "Krrors iu Astro
nomical Text-Hooks," which Is foll.iw.il by
a biographical sketch of William F.rne.l
Temple, late astronomer at tb Observatory
of Aroetri, Italy. "Current Interesting Phe
nomena" is a department full of II tnely ob
serial Ions, and there ara "Kdltorlal Note"
lo repletion that detl with persons and
plsce, observations snd observatories. There
is si so a department of "Hook Notices" that
is always a safe guide to am iteitrs, a well as
to professionals. The Sil rinl Uiuragrr is
conducted by llliain W. Payne, and
published by the Cirh'ton College Ohcrva
lory, Nurtliilcld, Minn.
"Hlrds f hrongh an Opera lilasa." by Flor
ence A. Merriam, and "I p and Down th
llrooka," by Mary K. Hainford, are the titles
of the third snd fourth number of a scries
under the bonding of the "Hlvrrslde Library
for Young People" Just begun by Messr.
Houghton, .Milllin rV Co.. "designed es-
ascially for boy and girls." though, judg
ing from the character of Ilia volume be
fore u, may be read with pleas ure and
profit by older puplo. Tho hook will be
uniform in in, containing from tii2
page each, will be strongly and attractively
IniiiiiiI In cloth, and sold al ii rents a Vol
tune. The Ural two number sre "Tho War
for Indciiendence," by John Fi-ke, and
"(ieorge. Washington; an Historical Hlogra
phy," by Horace K. 8 udd -r. Nothing better
could be presented as an earnest of the nuri
and rank of the numbers lo come. Il i
always a plex-ure to handlo lluiiglilon
M i til i it Jt Co.'s books, IrresiMn live of
their lib'rary Value, they are so Ix-aulifiilly
printed and tastefully bound. The author
of "Hlrds Through an iqx-ra ilas," informs
us in a preface that many of Ibe articles con
tallied ill her voltimo were published ill the
.ImfurVoi il fj.tttt in IhwL Also that the II
lustrations aro from Halrd, Brewer llldg-
wav's "History of North American Birds.
She give some useful hint lo be observed
In the atudy of "birds In the fields and
woods" in order to gain satisfactory results,
Her ow n experiences In this direction art
described in tht clearest and most delightful
manner imaginable. She uses no technical
terms and assures (lie reader lhal the book is
"not ail ornithological treatlso. She ac
quaints us with tht habits of our little fealh
end friends and gives hits of bird 'calls,
siings, warbles and nntt a, some of them as
coin leal a they are irresistible. Both ;bl
and Mun Bamford' book, "I'pahJ Dowu tbs
brook." also Illustrated, art gems which we
ilicc rlully reciiiuuii'iid to p arrnls aud teaih
era, w hose task it is to guide tho literary
taste of Voting p.iipla audio aid Ihetn in
niuklng libraries. Miss Hamford is equally
happy in her charming style of liurtlug
what ht knows so thoroughly amnit tht in
sect mentioned, which she says, in a prefa
tory note, wort found iu seversl brook In
Alameda, Cal. ' It la astonishing how won
drously transformed these ugly little en a
tun become under the wrller't touch. Too
much cannot be written or said of these
dainty little volume, which every boy
nd girl should hivt a ropy of. J. K. k.
Ike f'roBiai C'aaa.
Chicago, III., Juno 15. The special
Grand Jury la the Cronin rase beg a lla
fourth day s swaalon tbl morning and the
Indications aro that several days yet will
be consumed era the jury ia prepared to
nuke iu unai report.
THANKS AND GRATITUDE.
A Grateful Appreciation of The Appeal's
Labor lor Trutb and Justice.
Mkmpiiis, Tcnn., June Ii, 1HS9.
To Mr. J. M. Keating, Keillor of Tbe Appeal, Mem
phis, Tcun.:
Voar Sir Tho undersigned colored citi
gens of Memphis deeiro herewith to ex
press to you the profound eenso of obliga
tion and gratitude they feel toward you
for tho "Isadora" that nppenrod in Tua
Daily Ai-i-KAb ou tho 7tb and llth ol
Jnnc, entitled, respectively, "The Negro
Again" and "Tho Cuso ol tho Negro
ej'.ntod," and for tho many other expres
sions of opinion in the sumo tenor thut
have from time to timo been given to tho
tiublic through the editorial columns of
I'lIK Al'I'KAL.
It is not our purpose hero to enter into
any discussion of tho "race question," or
of the situation and needs ofmir people.
S.id ns that situation and soro us tliuir
needs, you linvo so thoroughly, and in a
spiiit so wise and statesmanlike, not to say
Christ-like, stilted tbe entiro case that
there remain nothing for ns to say.
Wo aineeruly believe that the prevalence
of sentiments such aa thoso you express
would speedily causo tho "vexed raco
question " to dmapponr, and thst without
danger or Darin to tnn eatnbiitmeu usages
of nocletv, whilo it would ns sincerely
lend to the complete puwji Ilea lion of our
beloved country and tho obliteration of
sectional lines that havo, sineo tlie founda
tion of the Government, existed aa a
source of danger and disturbance in tho
body politic.
Again, in behall of the entire body ol
our pontile, insulting you lor your uni
formly fair and just estimate ami treat
ment ol tho colored people and lor your
adherence to the cumw of truth and jus
tice, you will permit us to subscribe our
selves, your grateful and obedient ser
vants.
J. T. Pettlo, T. F. ("assets, . rj
K . Tyler, Win. 14. Harnett, '
W. K. Kvaua, A. DU'venson,
W. M. hcriivg, Ishsin K. Sorrls,
Nh.'htliu.'lt: s Fleming, Capt. V. 11. Ja.-ksoa,
4 la. rrer bpcrch ami II V. 4.nhliiiu.
Mf iVnihl. H. K. r-ainrxm.
M. II. looker, Jss. R. W right,
1 1. W. Washington, :. W. kolx-ris
l.isr Mitchell, II. T. Joliu-on.
l'r. 11. B. J. llilphelte, J. Tuoiiias Turner.
VOIOa OP THE PEOPLES.
'Th Strbool noarel lane,,-MPrealdeait
Jordan Prolrala," I'.lc.
To tbe Kdltor of Th Apneail:
I notice in Tin Api-ial of yesterday,
under the above Leading appertaining to
tho bond of tho Board of Kducution, tho
following: "It is nothing but jealousy of
H.Pudlcy l'rayscr grow.ngoutof the desig
nation of the German and Munhnttan
Banks as agent for the sale of the bonds,
instead of his. Thoso banks, you know,
Mr. Ilnddcn is lntereatod in. Thal'a tho
secret"
ThoHo remarks were, no doubt, drawn
from Mr. Collier on account of some re
marks I made concerning the advertise
ment that bad been placed in tho Jin-
Uinrht. The advertisement was as follows:
HON us.
Orrtcg nr thk Hoaanor Fnci tiox, I
alK.sirllla, Teno., June 1, Ivs.
Pealed bids will be revived by the Koant n( Kdu-
ration ol the Memphis city Hch.ails until the Klin
lnL for (bu purchase ol -ouan bonds bwiied by
said lisjanl ol Mucstlon, uuderan a. tol the lien
ei.il As-nibly( tills Mstepsss.il Man h :"). Iss-.i,
ii. I approved April 4. lie'", ain. muting to the sum
(tliai iuu. Hani Iwtntswlll tie bsniel In .till, p
cut (Ivnoiuinailona. and uble In .lillereiit scrii-a.
embracing a pi rioU ol twenty two jrois, as lot-
kiwa, town:
14 l.iJ bonrls. parable July I. ISa
II tl.OKI boo -la, pa is hie III V I, 'ai.
l.lti.iO' bund, jsivihie July I, l'i.
IJ tl.issi bnmls. pavsule July 1. I'M I.
VI t ' homla, psishle July I, lsa
VI al bouils, at)able July I, I ' !.
VI tihnla. pajslils July I, I "Hi.
VI S.'asi hcuiita. sble July I, I 'll.
The alnnwsid bonds will bear lut "real from July
I, 1-s-n. pavahl 'Wi-aiiiiually Iu Meninhls, lenn.
Iin.hsll of ssid bonds will be ilelircnil July t,
Is1": the P tealuder January I. I'I
T be rum In p)svt any and all bida la reserved"
lit onkrol lb Hoard.
A. a IIILUfei-rrtary:
and which was subsequently taken out of
the Anilanclif ami suppressed lor somo
n-ason, I don't know what I made in
quiry of Mr. Hill, Secretary of the Board
of Kdiication, and found the advertiso-
tuuut was ordered taken out after .Mr. Jor
dan left Iho cit7. 1 will sav concerning
the Issuance of these bonds, that I had
spoken to Mr. Jordan, President of tbe
Ixiard of Kd ucat ion. anon after Iho paasairo
of tlie bill by the legislature, concerning
the placing of theso lionda. I suggested
to him thst it would bo a good idea (as a
number of them would lie small bonds),
for the Board of FUlucation to sell them,
as many aa possible, to resnlenu ol tho
city, as I had a number of small denos-
Horn In tho necunty llang wtio would bo
pleased to take the small bonils as an In
vestment I told Mr. Jordan I would
first look Into the art concerning the al
lowance of the I issuance of the bonds, and
if I thought the bomls were issued accord
ing to law and were goo-1 securities, I
would advise my friends and customers to
Invest in them. Mr. Jordan assured mo
that iho Board of Kducation would adver
tise the sale of the hoods and thai every
body and the wbolo public would be al
lowed a fair chanco to purchase from tlie
Board. Judging what Mr. Jordan's ttollcy
would be (ruin these) conversations had
with him, I was Justified in believing that
the advertisement bsd Own taken out ol
th paper for souio reason, (j-tck or what,
I could not comprehend.
I note Mr. Degnan says In thn said srti
do in yesterday's AitxaU "From what
Col. Frayser said to me, ho remarked that
it looked to him like thero ws a trick' iu
it, tho Board playing Into the bands of
lis Ideo." "I don l see where his idea of a
trick comes in," Taking out the advertise
ment from the AvaUmrhr, aa set out above,
and naming certain banks to take bills In
stesd of tho Board, and doing this after
Mr. Jordan had left the city, to Mr. Peg
nan might not a pear like a trick. No
doubt to his finely tempered snd acuta
mind things that are aa dense as mud and
as conglomerated aa a microscopic view of
a drop of filthy water appear clear, w hile
lo other minds tliey show up as they
really aro.
Mr. Jordnn, no doubt, did feel Indignant
at the Board acting during; bis absence and
withdrawing the advertuscmcnt after Ho
and a full Hoard, upon duo ronsiderstioa,
authorised it to lie put io the Amlunrht.
I, aa Preaidenl of tho Board of Induration,
would have (ell likewise iudignant bad tb
Board made or arteal during ray absenri
concerning a matter of such moment I
have no objection lo the tier trim Bank or
tho Manhattan Bank acting aa agent (or
the aale of the Immla; but why wss it that
the advertisement set forth above waa
taken out of the paer aud bids lo be re
ceived by Hie banks Instead of the Board
of F-diicatinn, as the advertisement deeis
naUtl? Why was this? Can the Bosrd,
or any one ol them who acted during Mr.
Jordan's absence, explain, not to their
own, tint to th satisfaction of th public?
Mr. Camp says: "It was, among other
thing, to rem ire all liability of tbe Board
to tbe charge of trickery thut w did not
designate the Itaak of Commerces acnt
Our treasurer, Mr. Dunacomb, U president
of that bank, and our rotations ar most
cordial, but w didn't waul any part of
tho school board mixed np with the taooev
part of th trsnssi-tlou." Who would
dsre aay, in tb Citv of Memphla, that
anything that M, r. Ihinacomb wa con
rented in could or would be mixed up tn a
trick. If Mr. Uuoscomh, treslurtrof tb
Board of Kdnrstlon, had been aivea tat)
disposition of I bene bond 1 caanet at)
that the Hoard would Lavw been subject t
any word or remark.
it, Pv-DLBY FsUYSXa.